Strainer



Oct. 7 1924. 15101910 VV.E VVHJ S STRAINER Filed April 20. 1921 Patented Oct. 7, 1924.

U N H E I S T oic STRAINER.

Application filed April 20, 1921. Serial No. 462,871.

To aZZ 107mm it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER BRUCE WILLs, 'a citizen of the United. States, residing at Baltimore city, State of Maryland,

have invented certain new and'useful Im? provements in Strainers, of which the following is a specification.

This inven'tion relates to culinary and similar strainers which are carried by an extensible supporting frame, and its object is to provide an improved connection between the strainer and its supporting frame, as will be pointed out in the detailed description appearing hereinafter.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is: had to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, and in said drawing- F igure 1 is a side elevation of the strainer; Fig. 2 is an end view with the supporting frame in section; Fig. 3 is a plan view; F ig. '/1 is a detail in perspective showing the means for 'connecting the strainer to its supporting frame; Fig. 5 is a plan view showing a modified form of the means employed for connecting the strainer to its supporting frame; F'ig. 6 is a detail in perspective showing a fragment of the modified structure, and Fig. 7 is a detail perspective view of a further modification.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 10 denotes an ordinary bowl-shaped strainer having its edge reinforced by a sheet metal ring or band 11. The supporting frame of the strainer is made of wire, and it is composed of two slidably connected members so that it may be lengthened or shortened. Each frame member is composed of side bars 12 and cross bars 13 comiecting the outer ends thereof. The side bars of each frame member have eyes 111 at their inner ends through which slidably pass the side bars of the other frame member. This is a well known construction, and hence further description thereof is not' necessary.

The strainer 10 is mounted between the side bars 12 of the supporting frame, and the present invention relates more particularly to the connection between these parts, and which will now be described.

The mar 'inal band 11 of the strainer 10 is encircle externally by a wire ring 15 having at diametrically opposite points a connection with the frame side bars 12.

This connection is produced by making outoutwardly eXtendinO4 arms 16 and a cross bar 17- connecting ythe latter at their outer c ends. A hook is thenysecured to the cross bar 17 close to its junction with the arms 16. This hook is made of wire which is bent to form a cross bar 18 and downwardly projecting arms 19 at the ends of the latter, said arms having their outer ends bent inwardly, as shown at 20, the cross'bar 18 being rigidly connected to the cross bar 17, by being spot-welded thereto. The parts 20 constitute the bill of the hoolr, whereas the parts 19 are the shank of the ghook.v Each hook is constructed in the manner described. The hooks are downturned and inwardly presented to come beneath the side bars 12, the length of the part 20 from the bends 16 being sufiicient to acco-mmodate the side bars. The length of the parts 20 is such that the ends thereof lie close to the side of the bandv 11, whereby separation of the hooks and the side bars 12 of the supporting frame is effectually prevented. Thel top of the band 11 is beaded, as shown at 21, and the ring 15 seats beneath said bead, which prevents the strainer 10 from slipping downwardly out of the ring.

The structure wherebythe strainer 10 is connected to the side bars 12 of its supporting frame is very simple and efficient, and it can also be easily and cheaply produced and 'assembled The ring 15 is made of asingle piece of wire, but it can also be made in two pieces as shown in Fig. 5. The two Sections of the .Wire constituting the ring are denoted by the reference characters 22 in F ig. 5. Each section of the ring has an outward bend 23 at its ends, and when the Sections are assembled, the ring has two laterally spaced outward bends at diametrically opposite points. Each hook in this structure is composed of a cross bar 24: having do-wnturned bends 25 at its ends which terminate in lateral bends 26. The hooks are attached to the ring by placing the cross bars 24: over the outer ends of the respective pairs of bends 23, and spotwelding the same thereto. This structure also produces downturned and inwardly vdirected hooks at diametrically opposite points on the ring, said hooks engaging the side bars 12 in the same manner as the hooks first described. The parts 24 provide the connections between the two ring sections 22.

The structure shownin Fig. 7 constitutes a cross bar 28, and iaterally projecting arms 29, at the ends of the bar 28, said arms have their outer ends bent upwardiy as shown at 30, and rigidly connected to the cross bar 17, by being spot-welded thereto.

I claim:

1. The combination with a strainer and a supporting frame having side bars between which the strainer sea-ts; of a ring encircling the strainer and having pairs of integral outward bends at diametrica'iiy opposite points, cross bars connecting the onter ends of said bends, and downturned and inwardly directed hooks secnred tothe cross bars, in which hooks the side bars of the snpporting frame seat.

E2. The combination with a strainer and a snpporting frame having` side bars between which the strainer seats; of a ring encircling the strainer and having` pairs of integral ontward bends at diametrically opposite Aoints, cross bars connecting the onter ends of said bends, and hooks in which the side w 1,51o,91o

bars of the supporting frame seat said hoohs being separate from the ring and composed of shanks which are connected to the outer ends of the aforesaid cross bars to extend downwardly therefrom, and have inturned lower extremities to seat beneath the side bars of the snpporting` frame.

3. The combination with a strainer and a snpporting` frame having side bars between which the strainer seats; of a ring encircling` the strainer and having pairs of integrai ontward bends at diai'netricaily opposite points, cross bars connecting the outer ends of said bends, and hooks in which the side b'ars of the snpporting` frame seat, said hooks being separate from the ring and composed of cross bars having shanks provided on the ends thei'eof, said shanhs being downwardiy and inwardly directed to seat beneath the side bars of the supporting frame.

In testimony whereof affix my VVALTER BRUCE VILF signature. 

